Cheera thoran ( Red Spinach)

Red Spinach ( Chuvanna Cheera)

Ingradients

Cheera ( Spinach red) - 1bunch

Shallots ( Small onion) - 5 Nos:

Garlic- 2 pods

Green Chilli- 3 Nos

Turmeric powder- 1/2 tea spoon

Grated coconut-1 cup

Mustard seeds- 1 tea spoon

Coconut oil or Sunflower oil- 1 table spoon

Curry leaf- 6-7 leaf

Preparation

Grind  green chilly, shallot & garlic in a dry mixer without adding water. Add grated coconut , turmeric powder & salt  to it and grind together ( Just to get it crushed. Dont grind more). Mix sliced spinach and the grinded mixure and keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan, Splutter mastard seeds, add curry leaf to it and fry. Add  spinach to it, mix well and cook it in low flame with closed lid for 5 min.

After 5 minutes saute the mix until it get little dried and cooked.

Cheera thoran is now ready to serve.

Aloo Palak ( Potato Spinach Curry)

Aloo Palak

Ingredients

Spinach( palak cheera) - 1 bunch
Onion- 1 big
Potato- 2
Green chilli- 2
Garlic- 4 pods
Ginger- 1/2 inch
Shallot- 2
Mastard seed- 1 tsp
Cumin- 1 pinch(very little)
Chilli powder- 1/2 tsp
Corriandor powder- 1/2 tsp
Garam masala- 1/4 tsp
Turmeric period - 1/2 tsp
Oil- 2 tsp
Salt for taste

Preparation

Wash the palak leaves and drain it well then cut into pieces.
Add 1 tsp oil in a pan heat it add sliced (small cubes) ginger
Add garlic after sauting ginger and continue sauting for 1 minute.
Add onion in to it and saute it until it turn slight brown.
Add cut spinach to it and cook it in low flame. Once it is cooked, keep this mix aside to cool well.
Cook cut potato in a pan of water with little salt and turmeric powder.
Once cooked spinach gets cool, grind it in a mixer until it become thick paste.
Splutter mustard seed and add shallots to it and saut well. Add chilli powder, corriandor powder and little meat masala salt and saute for little time. Add grind paste of spinach and cooked potato and mix well. heat it until it boil. Turn off flame and keep it little time in closed lid and then serve.